By Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg
Recent activity: Mon, Apr 23: added a pdf for Douglasville … Mon, Apr 23: added a new tune: Douglasville … Sun, Apr 15: updated description for Auburndale … Sun, Apr 15: updated description for Macon … Sat, Apr 14: added an mp3 titled 'Singing at Allison and Jan-Erik's (Feb. 2010)', for Heavenly Choir.
| Tune Name | Year | Type | Files | First Line |
| Middletown. L.M.D. | 2008 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | Broad is the road that leads to death |
| Home in Heaven. 7s. | 2007 | Folk Hymn | PDF, MP3 | Though the world may me disown, |
| Hamrick. 7s. | 2006-7 | Plain Tune | PDF, MP3s: 1, 2 | Lord, I would be as Thou art; |
| Auburndale. C.M.D. | 2009 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | O for a thousand tongues to sing |
| A Glimpse of Thee. L.M. | 2009 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | Lord, what a heav'n of saving grace |
| Compassion. S.M. | 2007-9 | Fuging Tune | What is it keeps me back, | |
| Newton. C.M. | 2009 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | In vain I trace creation o'er |
| Carroll. 11s. | 2011 | Plain Tune | Dear God my protector my father and friend, | |
| Latham. C.M. | 2009 | Plain Tune | PDF, MP3 | Not from the dust affliction grows, |
| Eagle Lake. 8s & 7s. | 2009 | Folk Hymn | PDF, MP3 | Dark and thorny is the desert |
| Dearborn. S.P.M. | 2008 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | When men of mischief rise |
| Prayer of Faith. S.M. | 2007 | Fuging Tune | Hungry, and faint, and poor | |
| Worship. 8s & 7s. | 2009 | Camp Meeting Tune | PDF, MP3s: 1, 2 | Brethren, we have met to worship, |
| Ceresa. C.P.M. | 2010 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | Thou God of harmony and love, |
| Heavenly Choir. 10s & 11s. | 2010 | Part Song | PDF, MP3 | Ye heavenly choir, assist me to sing, |
| Choccolocco. L.M. | 2009 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | I am a stranger here below, |
| Farewell Brethren. C.M. | 2010 | Plain Tune | PDF, MP3 | Brethren, I bid you all farewell, |
| Valley Grove. S.M. | 2008 | Fuging Tune | And am I born to die? | |
| Clinton. C.M. | 2010 | Fuging Tune | Let every mortal ear attend, | |
| Saint's Reward. L.P.M. | 2008 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | For ever blessed be the Lord, |
| Cambridge. C.M. | 2010 | Fuging Tune | Eternal Sun of righteousness, | |
| Macon. C.M.D. | 2007-8 | Folk Hymn | PDF, MP3 | Dear friends, farewell, I do you tell |
| Wilscot. S.M. | 2008 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | Blest are the sons of peace, |
| Błazej. S.M. | 2008 | Part Song | My Maker and my King, | |
| Douglasville. C.M.D. | 2008 | Fuging Tune | Eternal Sun of righteousness, | |
| Averill Park. C.M.D. | 2009 | Camp Meeting Tune | PDF, MP3 | Oh weep not for the joys that fade |
| Boston. L.M.D. | 2010 | Fuging Tune | No more I ask, or hope to find, | |
| Everlasting. C.M.D. | 2009 | Fuging Tune | PDF, MP3 | "Wise, just, and righteous are thy ways;" |
About Jesse:
I have been composing music in the style of the Sacred Harp since 2003. I have learned about writing music from Raymond C. Hamrick, P. Dan Brittain, and Neely Bruce as well as from my fellow tune writers from the Northeastern United States: Aldo Ceresa, Allison Blake Steel, Gregory Mulkern, Lauren Bock, and Justin Levi, among others.
The Sacred Harp itself, and the experience of singing from it, have been major forces shaping my approach to tune-writing. I am particularly fond of the tunes in our book by Stephen Jenks, William Walker, E. J. King, J. P. Reese, Sarah Lancaster, T. J. Denson, A. M. Cagle, and Raymond C. Hamrick.
Along with Aldo Ceresa, Allison Schofield, and other singer-composers, I’ve helped organize gatherings where composers active in the Sacred Harp tradition meet to sing and discuss each others music in the context of trying to better understand this tradition. Since 2006, I've attended and helped organize such gatherings at singings and singing schools in Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
I would appreciate any feedback about these tunes. Please feel free to e-mail me at jesse@jpkarlsberg.com.